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Question 1

Yalta conference

Answer 1

The three leaders made important decisions about the future of European governments.

Question 2

Nuremberg trials

Answer 2

In November 1945 the tribunal put high-ranking Nazis on trail in the German city of Nuremberg I what became known as the Nuremberg trials.

Question 3

United Nations

Answer 3

An organization dedicated to resolving international conflicts.

Question 4

Cold War

Answer 4

Came to be used to describe the struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Question 5

Containment

Answer 5

Or preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influence around the world.

Question 6

Truman Doctrine

Answer 6

This policy of providing aid to help foreign countries fight communism became known as the Truman doctrine.

Question 7

Marshall plan

Answer 7

Western Europe received more than $13 billion in U.S. loans and grants for European economic recovery between 1948 and 1952.

Question 8

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Answer 8

United States joined nine Western European countries along with Iceland and Canada.

Question 9

Gl Bill of rights

Answer 9

The servicemen’s Readjustment Act or offered veterans money farms and businesses.

Question 10

Fair Deal

Answer 10

Included a higher minimum wage the creation of a national health insurance plan for all Americans and expanded Social security benefits for the elderly.